Showing posts from 2011

HBL Inspiration: Spiritual Kathmandu

Our second photo file over the winter break is from Kathmandu, Nepal. Many of Kathmandu's temples are an intriguing mix of Hindu and Buddhist traditions, and provide rich inspiration for pattern…

HBL Inspiration: Tallinn, Estonia

One of Baltic's three capital cities, Tallinn offers the cultural adventurer medieval architecture and a rich tradition of arts and crafts, while being unusually modern, as the birthplace of Skyp…

Tavolini by Michele De Lucchi

Running until 14 January at Antonia Jannone Gallery in Milan, the exhibition Tavolini by Michele De Lucchi presents 19 small tables and new sculptures. In Italian, Tavolini literally means small ta…

Happy Holidays from Homebuildlife

Camron PR 's 2011 Christmas card by lighting designer Moritz Waldemeyer Merry Christmas to all our readers! To celebrate the festive season, here are some of the best Christmas cards we have rec…

A/W 13/14 Macro Trends and Colour

WGSN's A/W 13/14 macro trends and colour direction are now live! Our macro trends outline the need-to-know cultural and design forces shaping your thinking, planning and design in autumn/winter 2…

HBL Analysis: Prints on hard surfaces

551 FL Bianco Carrara Lucidato by Q-BO, image via Strata Tiles An increased desire for mixes of patterns within our homes has led to a trend in motifs being applied in new ways to hard surfaces such …

Sarah Frost: Transforming discarded keyboards into art

US artist Sarah Frost has brought new meaning to recycling - by transforming old, discarded keyboards into large-scale art installations. Through them, she hopes to portray the connection between th…

HBL Book of the Week: Gypsy Interiors

Gypsy Interiors from Carlo Gianferro on Vimeo . Gypsy Interiors by photographer Carlo Gianferro ( Postcart Edizione , 2009) is a series of portraits that capture the private yet exhibited world o…

HBL Events: The results of Artcurial's gourmet auction

Handpicked vegetable box by Alain Passard, head chef at L'Arpège, Paris Yesterday we reported on French auctioneer Artcurial 's fine food auction, which kicked off at 7pm, and saw renowned lu…

The Exchange Hotel, Amsterdam: rooms dressed as people

Shoulder Pads Room by Malu Gehner © Mirjam Bleeker The Exchange in Amsterdam is based around a new hotel initiative combining fashion and architecture by Otto Nan and Suzanne Oxenaar. Eight students…

HBL Profile: Cloud 7

Founded in April 2010, Cloud 7 is a German pet brand offering contemporary fashion accessories and interior solutions for dogs and their owners to enjoy equally.  The company's design ethos is t…

HBL Blog of the Week: Share Some Candy

Share Some Candy is a creative platform for a mixed bag of artists. The authors let the featured project images do the talking, commenting only that the website is "a curated collective of art …

HBL Retail: John Lewis launches iPhone app

John Lewis iPhone app Less than a week before Christmas, UK retail giant John Lewis has launched a free iPhone app which gives customers access to 200,000 products. Enhancing the in-store shopping …
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